By Pat Culverhouse
A bullet fired through the floor of a local apartment missed the occupant but a Minden man was hit with charges that have landed him in the parish prison.
Chief of Police Jared McIver said officers responded shortly after midnight Thursday to reports of a gunshot at an apartment in the 1300 block of Lee St. Officers learned from the occupant that she was sleeping when she was awakened by what sounded like gunfire.
According to the occupant, she observed a hole in her floor and found damage extending through her closet door, into the closet and toward the attic access.
Officers checked the downstairs apartment where they reportedly found a couple, including 30-year-old Jordan Adams who displayed signs of significant intoxication. When asked if he had a firearm inside the residence, Adams reportedly responded that he did not have a firearm on his person.
Officers reportedly continued to question Adams about the location of a firearm, but he refused to disclose any information. Adams’ girlfriend reportedly told officers there was a firearm inside the residence, but she did not know where.
While searching the residence, officers eventually found a handgun magazine containing live ammunition but no weapon. Adams reportedly continued to avoid answering questions about the weapon’s location and was placed in custody.
After he was placed in a MPD patrol unit, Adams reportedly told officers where to find the weapon. Officers reportedly located a 9MM handgun beneath the mattress in the bedroom.
Adams’ girlfriend reportedly told police he had been lying in bed, intoxicated and playing with the handgun when it accidentally discharged.
Adams is charged with illegal use of weapons, obstruction of justice and on a fugitive warrant from Shreveport PD. He has been booked into Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center under a $15,000 bond.
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